Join us in this 250th anniversary year of Jane Austen’s birth for these fascinating talks exploring her life and work.
From the writing table to the world: the living legacy of Jane Austen’s House
An illustrated talk by Lizzie Dunford – Director of Jane Austen’s House
Lizzie explores the extraordinary literary legacy of Jane Austen’s final home, and its ongoing global impact. As the place from which Austen revised and wrote all six of her major novels, Jane Austen’s House holds a unique significance in the rise and development of the novel. Using the extraordinary collection of letters, first editions and objects held at the museum, this talk will celebrate Austen’s life and storytelling within the walls of this special place, in this special anniversary year.
Lizzie was an avid reader from a young age and has spent her career working in and caring for writers’ houses and historic house museums. She is a dedicated exponent of the power of storytelling through objects and space and has been Director of Jane Austen’s House since 2020. She writes and presents regularly on Austen and literary houses, as well as having a background in conservation and historic house management.
What would Jane do? Austen’s Writing Practices
Our guest speaker is Nicola Pritchard-Pink who, in this year celebrating 250 years of this great novelist, will explore Austen’s writing practices and habits. Using her letters as sources for how she approached her writing throughout her life, Nicola will examine her earliest writing exploits as a teenager, to her attitudes to editing and publishing in her later years.
Nicola Pritchard-Pink has a Master’s in Eighteenth-Century Studies from the University of Southampton and specialises in Georgian and Regency social history, with particular emphasis on Jane Austen, landscapes, country houses, and domestic vocal music. She regularly speaks on these subjects across the UK and Europe, and is currently writing about Austen’s experience of walking.
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